Far more Africans live in fully paid-up homes than is the case with other race groups, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
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Far more Africans live in fully paid-up homes than is the case with other race groups, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The proportion of households receiving free basic services from Western Cape municipalities was significantly higher than the average provided to households nationally in 2009. Some 82%, 69%, and 52% of Western Cape households received free basic water, sanitation, and solid waste management services respectively. The corresponding national figures were 58%, 33%, and 23%.
More people in South Africa live in urban areas than ever before. Some 52% of South Africans lived in urban areas in 1990, but this proportion went up to 62% in 2010.
A person in South Africa has the highest likelihood of being murdered in the Cacadu District municipality of the Eastern Cape, sexually assaulted in the Xhariep District of the Free State, violently robbed personally or at their business premises in the City of Johannesburg, and is most vulnerable to attack if they own a home in the Metsweding District of Gauteng, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The number of protection and security services personnel in the police increased 20 times faster than the number of detectives and ten times faster than visible policing staff, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The number of Africans being awarded degrees by South African universities has increased by more than 300%, according to data from the latest South Africa Survey, to be released by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg next week.
The University of South Africa (Unisa) is the most productive university in the country, accounting for 12.8% of all degrees conferred by a total of 23 public universities and universities of technology, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Two departments in the security cluster aim to implement employment equity targets that have contradictory objectives. One wants to increase the proportion of white people in its ranks while the other intends to do the exact opposite, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The number of students registering for teaching qualifications has increased significantly, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published next week by the South African Instittue of Race Relations in Johannesburg.
A pupil's chances of passing matric improve dramatically if they attend a former 'Model C' school, says the South African Institute of Race Relations.
The degree of prison overcrowding for awaiting-trial detainees rose by 1 044% and for sentenced prisoners by 18% between 1995 and 2009, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations.
No-fee schools make up 55% of all South Africa's public schools, and account for 43% of all pupils attending public schools, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be released next week by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.